The Greatest Single Lie Told by a Woman in the Pension Bureau
In a personal reminiscence from Washington January 31, a speaker recalls an elegant pension bureau woman spinning a dramatic Civil War tale. He rejects the tale as a whopper yet notes the woman’s poise and the social pressure of disbelief from a West Point cadet and onlookers.
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Pension Bureau
Potomac River
Marshall Hall
Xeeral
Morera Voor
Fortress Monroe
Ilo
United States Military School
West Point
Bates Schofield
Jim Graham
Adam Gard
Fent Booth
Methodist Church Prayer Meeting and Conference Notice
Rev C F Baker of Charleston will speak at the prayer meeting this evening at 7 15. All members and friends are welcome. The second quarterly conference follows, then a short session of the official board. Officials urged to attend. Next Sunday evening the sermon topic is Hell. Choir will provide special music. E G Sandmeyer Pastor.
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C F Baker
Charleston
E. G. Sandmeyer
Sunday Service Invitation from J L Oneal Minister
The Christian Church invites all to attend next Sunday. Morning sermon will interest Sunday school workers. Evening sermon will appeal to young people. Come meet with J L O'Neal, Minister.
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J. L O'Neal
Croesus Wealth Buried By Sardis Earthquake Mystery
In Peekskill New York Croesus famous for vast wealth entertained a visiting committee. After warning that wealth attracts misfortune a quake buried the city and with it the riches, prompting Professor Howard Butler to plan a pilgrimage to Asia Minor to seek the buried treasures.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Croesus
Lydia
Howard Butler
Department of Art and Archaeon Sy Io
Princeton University
Asia Minor
Butler
Sardis
Croton Falls
George Horton
Smyrna
Professor Butler
Mine Deep Mushroom Farm Supplying Morgantown Markets
In Morgantown West Virginia Theodore F Imbach of the state agricultural station secured a permit from a mine owner to cultivate edible mushrooms in a deep coal mine near the Pittsburgh seam He found the soil moisture and nutrients ideal and began a mushroom mine that ships large weekly quantities to city markets.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Theodore F. Imbach
State Agricultural Experimenting Station
Helping the Immigrant Opens Night Schools in Los Angeles
Los Angeles fifty thousand clubwomen join the Federal Immigration Commission and the school board to set new education standards for foreigners. The plan introduces practical lessons like calling a doctor in an emergency and contacting a police officer, starting with eighteen night schools for the foreign population.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Federal Immigration Commission
School Board
Eity
Fire Destroys Cigar Store. Man Rescued
Fire swept a Brooklyn cigar store injuring owner James Rigsby who slept in the rear. Mice allegedly gnawed a box of matches starting the blaze causing about $500 in damages. Rigsby was revived at Brooklyn Hospital.
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Wlite
Mike Inia Brooldvar
James Rigsby
Beals
Sovelanty
Colonel Roosevelt aids Oyster Bay with new fire truck
Fear of incendiaries in Oyster Bay eased as Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and wealthy backers unveiled a model fire truck. The apparatus promises rapid Sagamore Hill runs and strong protection for Long Island estates beyond Brooklyn. Donors include W R Coe C K G Billings J Stuart Blackton Colgate Hoyt Mortimer L Schiff.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Long Island
Brooklyn
North Shore
Colonel Roosevelt
W. R. Coe
C. K G. Billings
J Stuart Blackton
Colgate Hoyt
Mortimer L. Schiff
And Still Eggs Are High
Charleston West Virginia to Birch Run Kanawas county farmer L P White owns Rhode Island Red hen Elassie that laid an egg every day for two months. Each egg larger than normal with the latest measuring eight and a half inches in length and seven inches in circumference. The hen is less than one year old.
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Charleston
W. Va
Elassie
Rhode Island
L. P. White
Birch Run
Kanawas County
Sherrill Refuses $100,000 From Mother-in-Law Bequest
New York Charles H Sherrill once diplomat and Taft era organizer declines a $100,000 bequest from Mrs. Sarah Barker Gibbs died last May. He says he prefers the money join the residuary estate for his wife Mrs Sherrill, calling the amount a personal matter.
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New York
Charles H Sherrill
Argentina
Taft
Sarah Barker Gibbs
Sherrill
State Comptrollers Office
Transit lines in New York taxed to keep pace with growth
New York transit faces mounting demand as November subway ridership averaged 1,199,900 daily and the L line 1,014,883. Officials note annual city traffic rising by over 100 million and expansions totaling more than 325 miles, while per person rides have grown from 147 in 1872 to 298 in 1906.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Public Service
Whitney
Trafic
Inter Borough
Onnes
New York City
Left Fortune To Servant In Kate Mulcahy’s Heir Claim
Carlyle Illinois tale: Kate Mulcahy a gray haired rheumatic servant is heir to Mrs. John McCabe with estate between 100000 and 200000 dollars. Relatives challenge the will while Kate served forty one years. Mrs McCabe kept her promise and Kate stayed by her till death.
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Carlyle
Ill
Kate Mulcahy
John McCabe
Kate
McCabe
Dog Star in Motion Pictures Imitates Bank Work
Carlisle Pennsylvania introduces Bill a bank messenger bulldog and Carlisle’s hotel deposit carrier who appears in a motion picture drama. The dog performs daily tasks to the bank and retrieves the pass book while also shown smoking a pipe in other filmed tricks.
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Carlisle
Bill
Guardsman Jilted Ends Life in Uniform
New York report shows Ezra G B Naylor Jr, a New York National Guardsman, returned from the Mexican border, dressed in full uniform, wired the room, and shot himself after a breakup. A released letter indicated another man had replaced him.
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New York
Ezra GB. ‘Naylor, Jr
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